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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13764
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

Provisional agreement on Generalised Scheme of Preferences after three years of negotiations

On the night of 1 to 2 December, the Danish Presidency of the Council of the European Union succeeded in reaching a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on the Regulation revising the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP). This legislation allows developing and least developed countries (LDCs) to export to the EU duty-free, provided they meet certain conditions.

The aim of the revision was to tighten human rights obligations for beneficiary countries, but also to allow...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: European ministers adopt their position on proposal concerning critical medicinal products
HEALTH: broad support from EU ministers for an agreement with European Parliament concerning pharmaceutical package on 10 December
HEALTH: 2026 will be “peak of our work” on tobacco control, announces Olivér Várhelyi
HEALTH: EU must fully exploit potential of biotechnology in health field, say MEPs
HOME AFFAIRS: EU co-legislators reach political agreement on European Directive to prevent and criminalise corruption
MIGRATION: Danish Presidency of EU Council to sound out, on Wednesday 3 December, chances of EU27 reaching agreement on draft ‘return’ regulation
ENERGY/TRANSPORT: Member States to adopt position on Connecting Europe Facility
ENERGY: growth in European hydrogen market “well below” European and national targets, according to ACER
ENERGY: outcome of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on ‘REPowerEU’ could “change course of our energy future”, says Dan Jørgensen
TRANSPORT: European Parliament negotiators decide to put discussions on air passenger rights on hold
TRANSPORT: Commissioner Tzitzikóstas seriously examines idea of European strategy for aeronautics and aviation
AGRICULTURE: according to European Commission, Unfair Trading Practices Directive needs to be improved
AGRICULTURE: MEPs approve interinstitutional agreement on combating unfair commercial practices
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: provisional agreement on Generalised Scheme of Preferences after three years of negotiations
UNITED STATES: Bernd Lange’s report on tariffs applicable to US products satisfies most of European Parliament’s political groups
MERCOSUR: MEPs still at loggerheads over safeguards in EU/Mercosur agreement
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Parliament Committee on Development calls for a more ambitious EU response to crises
HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib announces “new communication” from EU
ARMENIA: EU and Armenia adopt their new strategic agenda
KAZAKHSTAN: EU and Astana open negotiations on visa facilitation and readmission agreements
SECURITY - DEFENCE - SPACE
NATO: PURL initiative has already raised over $4 billion in four months
DEFENCE: European defence industry sales up by nearly 14% in 2024
INSTITUTIONAL
EU2026CY: Cyprus Presidency of EU Council reveals priorities: competitiveness, defence, housing and foreign affairs
EEAS: “strong suspicions” of fraud in award of management of EU Diplomatic Academy to College of Europe
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ECONOMY/DEFENCE: Canada, first non-EU country to secure greater share of EU countries’ military spending supported by ‘SAFE’ loan instrument
ECONOMY: rapid provision of robust public guarantees, key element in negotiations on future European financial support mechanism for Ukraine
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL: coordination of social security rules – France looks to Cyprus to finally bring about a revision of Regulation 883/2004
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL/JUSTICE: CJEU rules that an advertising website can be held responsible for personal data published by its users
JUSTICE: a competition dispute over App Store NL should be heard in the Netherlands, says EU Court of Justice
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: “nature degradation and biodiversity loss threaten price stability”, notes study by monetary institute
CHINA: EU closes WTO dispute over Chinese restrictions on Lithuania
ECONOMY: euro area inflation estimated at 2.2% in November
MALI: EU extends sanctions for one year